If only for a time your arms held me close

If only for a time your breath caressed my face

If only for a time we were locked in love’s embrace If only for a time,

It would be worth it.

If only for a time my dreams were just of you

If only for a time happily ever after seemed to be true

If only for a time I saw me in your eyes

If only for that time,

It would all be worthwhile.

If only for a time bliss knew my name

If only for a time my soul had found a friend

If only for a time nothing mattered but you

If only for a time,

Nothing

Save you.

Vague eyes

Chilled embraces

The depth lost from your kisses.

Innocence ravaged

Naivety rudely awakened

It all comes amiss

Dreams lie broken

Tragic romantic,

Earnest efforts go unnoticed

Complications abound.

Self-interest screaming

Self heeds

The spirit atrophies.